There has been a lot of national discussion about the need to improve access to charging stations for cars. Since many or most people who buy electric cars will install a charger at home, I don’t think we need a public infrastructure equal to the gasoline infrastructure. I have used public chargers about three times in the three years I’ve had an electric vehicle, so it really is not critical to me. Obviously there are people in different situations but there are many people in the same situation.
I am happy to see more public chargers installed, but access to public chargers is often given as a deal breaker for the purchase of electric vehicles. I question the truth of this assumption; about 65% of americans own their own home and should be able to install a charger. Some percentage of apartments provide chargers, and many people can charge vehicles at work. I don’t think it is correct to think that electric vehicles require just as many charging locations as we have gas stations because this ignores the possibility of charging at any location you can find an electric plug, which is just about everywhere. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
